Fed: 50,000 men to spend first Christmas alone this year

AAP General News (Australia)
12-12-2004
Fed: 50,000 men to spend first Christmas alone this year

A national counselling service says about 50,000 newly-separated or divorced men will
experience their first Christmas this year without their partner and, in many cases, their
children.

TERRY MELVIN, from telephone counselling service Mensline Australia says staff are
preparing for another onslaught of calls this Christmas period.

He says for men whose families have fallen apart, Christmas can be a time of acute
loneliness, distress and even desperation.

The Mensline service will be open on Christmas Day.

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KEYWORD: XMAS DIVORCED (MELBOURNE)

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